{"conversationCode":"016-123","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":123,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-123","startDateTime":"1971-12-19T23:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-20T00:44:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Dec-1971","startTime":"6:50 PM","endDate":"19-Dec-1971","endTime":"7:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-123 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 16-123\n\nDate: December 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:50 pm and 7:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to William F. (“Billy”) Graham","filename":["016-123.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:28:01","tapeEnd":"04:28:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-122","nextCode":"016-124","transcript":[{"start":3.64,"end":6.28,"text":"Dr. Billy Graham, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to the Reverend Billy Graham. This brief exchange serves as the administrative bridge to establish communication with one of the President's most prominent spiritual advisors. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this request.","topics":["Billy Graham","Presidential communication","Religious relations","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:40:43.287Z"},"topicSlugs":["billy-graham","presidential-communication","religious-relations","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-123.mp3","bytes":175541,"durationSec":7.24,"bitrate":194034,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.620Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-123.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-123","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-123","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}